Published Jun 23, 2026 | 1:35 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 23, 2026 | 1:35 PM
Enforcement Directorate.
Synopsis: Searches were also conducted at properties linked to Vinayagamoorthy, State Deputy General Secretary of the Education Department Office Employees Association. Officials first visited his residence in PV Colony, Vyasarpadi, where he was unavailable, and later moved to his rented house in SRP Colony, Peravallur, where the search operation is currently underway.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday, 23 June, conducted searches at around 18 locations across Chennai, Trichy, Coimbatore and Madurai in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the 2017 Teacher Recruitment Exam.
In Chennai, ED officials carried out searches at the residence of Mohammed Ismail, a resident of Pudupet. Preliminary information suggests that Ismail works in brass nameplate engraving.
Searches were also conducted at properties linked to Vinayagamoorthy, State Deputy General Secretary of the Education Department Office Employees Association. Officials first visited his residence in PV Colony, Vyasarpadi, where he was unavailable, and later moved to his rented house in SRP Colony, Peravallur, where the search operation is currently underway.
According to reports, ED said that the action is based on an FIR registered by the Central Crime Branch in the year 2017. It added that the police had filed a chargesheet in the case in 2021.
According to a Times of India report, the original case pertains to fudging of marks to manipulate final results of candidates to secure posts through middlemen in the exam conducted by TRB. Central crime branch (CCB) of Chennai police registered a case in 2017 after an internal inquiry confirmed that about 200 candidates paid money to middlemen to inflate their score up to 100 marks to secure teacher posts in government polytechnic colleges.
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Subash Chandra Bose)
